Tip for ADLN Instructors: Providing Feedback to Students

March 6, 2006

Giving feedback to students is important in any class, but instructors in distance learning courses often wonder how they can provide the same level of feedback to their distance students as they do to their campus-based students. Fortunately there are many technology tools that assist with providing feedback to distance students, and some of the tools make it possible for you to automate the feedback.

Information Feedback is informational or evaluative in nature. It is often given in response to a student question or as an assignment grade and comments. Some strategies for providing information feedback include: